Prevent Violence, Transform Young Lives: The Promise of Comprehensive Adolescent Services and the Role for States (Webinar)

During this webinar, participants learned how states can build partnerships with local communities and leaders to provide comprehensive services to adolescents that help lower incidences of violence. They also heard an overview of why these plans are important for states to consider developing, what such strategies could look like, and lessons learned from Midwestern states.

The webinar was hosted by the CSG Midwestern Legislative Conference Criminal Justice & Public Safety Committee. Presentations included:

• Prevent Violence, Transform Young Lives: The Promise of Comprehensive Adolescent Services and the Role for States |Josh Weber, Deputy Division Director, Corrections & Reentry, CSG Justice Center
• Illinois State Violence Prevention Planning | Delrice Adams, Director, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
• Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center | Marc A. Zimmerman, PhD, Principal Investigator and Director, Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center

Additional resources:

• “Navigating Concerns on Youth Crime, Violence, and Behavioral Health:
What Does the Data Say?” | Josh Weber, CSG Justice Center